Overview
We are committed to providing graduate students with an intellectually stimulating, flexible, and friendly environment in which to pursue their studies.
We also endeavour to provide adequate funding to meet students' tuition and housing costs, along with a modest living stipend.
Key Features
- We make every effort to ensure that students can complete their doctoral degrees in a timely manner.
- Our department is intensely research-oriented and intellectually exciting with many research groups, centres, and labs. In a 2010 published citation analysis of Canadian Psychology Departments at University of Waterloo, we ranked number 1 in terms of total citations, citations/publication, highly cited departmental publications.
Programme Structure
Graduate research fields
- Clinical Psychology
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Psychology
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Disciplines
Psychology View 122 other Masters in Psychology in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Normally an Honours Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Psychology with at least a 80% overall standing, in the last two years, or equivalent.
- Completion of the Department of Psychology Application.
- Submit results from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytic scores).
- Note: the GRE requirement is being waived for the Fall 2021 intake.
- Three academic references.
- Proof of English language proficiency, if applicable. TOEFL 90 (writing 25, speaking 25), IELTS 7.0 (writing 6.5, speaking 6.5).
Tuition Fee
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International
15392 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7696 AUD per semester during 24 months. -
National
4508 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2254 AUD per semester during 24 months.
Living costs for Waterloo
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Financing
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Funding
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